Game #1 vs. Mimico
Mountaineers
Sarnia 3 vs 10 Mimico
Before the game was seven
minutes old, Mimico opened up a
three goal lead with markers by
MacDonald (2) and Campbell.
Sarnia finally got on the board
at 7:52 as Josh Bujaki
netted one and an assist went to
Joe McKelvie. A slashing
minor was negated at the 11:56
mark when Sarnia's Riley
Thompson scored an
unassisted goal to get the
Pacers to within one. Mimico's
MacDonald. The Mountaineers
were 0 for 1 with the man
advantage this period and Sarnia
was 1 for 2.
In
the second period, Mimico reeled
off three unanswered goals,
Muise picking up two of them and
Bennett potting his first. The
Mountaineers also took the only
penalties this period but the
Pacers were unable to
capitalize.
During the final 20 minutes of
play, Mimico again took the only
penalties - three of them - but
managed to score two
short-handed markers - one by
Campbell at 10:30 and then again
at 13:50 with a goal off the
stick of Muise. The final goal
for Mimico came with 4:15
remaining but it would be Sarnia
closing out the scoring in the
game. Notching the goal at
17:33 was Mike Butler
with no assists on the goal.
Mimico had no power play chances
this period and were 0 for 1 in
the game. Sarnia was 0 for 3
with the man advantage this
period and were 1 for 7 in the
game.
Game #2 vs. Guelph
Royals
Guelph 4 vs 6 Sarnia
The teams traded penalties and
goals this opening period
beginning with a penalty by
Guelph early on. Sarnia got on
the board first with a Mike
Butler goal at 8:10 and
picking up an assist was Joe
McKelvie. Responding with
their own goal at 12:30 was
Brown of Guelph. Each team was
0 for 1 with the man advantage
this period.
The first call of the second
period was fighting majors just
2:15 in, followed by a series of
penalties taken by both sides.
Sarnia scored two quick goals
with under three minutes to go.
Scoring the go-ahead marker at
17:40 was Riley Thompson
from Jesse Thompson. Just
55 seconds later, Joe
McKelvie notched his second
of the game with assists to
Josh Bujaki and Lance
Ross. Both teams were 0 for
2 with the man advantage this
period.
The final 20 minutes of play saw
Sarnia open a three goal lead at
2:58 when Riley Thompson
bulged the back of the net for
his second of the game. Picking
up the lone assist was Ryan
Charteris. An unassisted
goal at 10:35 was scored by
Sarnia's Josh Yurchuk and
just over two minutes later, the
Pacers found themselves a man
short when Joe McKelvie was
called for delay of game. The
final Sarnia goal was a
short-handed marker, scored at
13:05 off the stick of Lance
Ross with assists picked up
by Jim Purves and Josh
Bujaki. Guelph replied with
a power play goal at 14:25 that
was scored by White. A double
minor for checking from behind
at 17:16 was given to Sarnia's
Ryan Charteris and it would lead
to the Regals picking up two
power play goals and get to
within two. Notching the goals
for Guelph were Webster at 18:17
and then another just 34 seconds
later by Apperson. Guelph was 3
for 3 with the man advantage
this period and were 3 for 6 in
the game. Sarnia was 0 for 1 on
the power play this period and
were 0 for 4 in the game.
Game #3 - vs.
Orangeville Northmen
Sarnia 5 vs 2 Orangeville
The Northmen opened the scoring
just 33 seconds in on a goal by
VanDerGiesen - it would be the
only time they would hold the
lead in this game. Sarnia's
Lance Ross got the Pacers on
the board at the 13:50 mark with
an assist to Jim Purves.
They would take the lead at
16:27 with Joe McKelvie
bulging the twine for the
Pacers. Picking up the lone
assist was Josh Yurchuk.
Each team had one power play
chance but were unable to
convert during this 20 minutes
of play.
During the second period,
Sarnia's Mike Butler was off
serving a high sticking minor
and Orangeville notched the game
at two each on a power play
maker by Shaw at the 6:07 mark.
With Jesse Thompson off at 7:13
for interference, the Pacers
scored a short-handed marker to
regain the lead. Notching the
unassisted goal was Jim
Purves. Orangeville was 1
for 3 with the man advantage and
Sarnia went 0 for 2 on the power
play this period.
During the final 20 minutes of
play, the Pacers scored two
unanswered goal and put the game
out of reach. Notching Sarnia's
fourth goal at the 3:08 mark was
Jim Purves from Andrew
Mitchell and salting away
the win at 10:23 was Jim
Purves with his natural hat
trick. The lone assist on this
goal was picked up by Joe
McKelvie. Orangeville was 0
for 1 with the man advantage
this period and were 1 for 5 in
the game. Sarnia had no power
play chances this period and
were 0 for 4 in the game.
